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I‘ve been accused by someone within my denomination of assaulting the first amendment. He describes activities I’ve had a major role in as a “full-fledged assault on conservative media” – “an organized campaign . . . a carefully planned, well-funded systematic assault on talk radio and Fox News that involves at least seven major liberal American religious denominations.”

I’ve never seen myself as a part of something like that and I’ve never been described that way before. It brings home the talk about cyberpolarization — how we tend to use media that reinforces our own viewpoints and therefore are not aware of misinformation and are not sensitive to insults and accusations lacking objectivity and logic.

Jeffrey Lord (From The American Spectator)

And it gives me a lens from which to see how it works. It occurs to me that others might be interested in that view. So I’m going to first…

The old adage, “You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar”, has been validated this week by Rush Limbaugh’s denial of NFL team ownership. If Rush is receptive, a life lesson on karma may be attained.

On some level, good comes to those who do good. I think we are psychologically hardwired to honor and help others for good behavior. Karma is manifested daily in our interpersonal relationships.

We also recognize that bad things happen to good people. The story of Job is a lesson in this reality. Karma is expressed in one way, but not in all ways. Karma is a chapter of our existence but not the whole story.

Rush Limbaugh was denied the privilege of NFL team ownership last week.  What did he do that evoked negative karma?  Historically, Rush has been derisive and hurtful.  This blog makes no attempt to judge any specific comments by Limbaugh (not that…